genital segments

genital segments
1. Body segments that bear copulatory organs.
2. (ANNELIDA)
Usually segments X and XI.
3. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
In males, abdominal segment IX; in females, abdominal segments VIII and IX.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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